Politics

Both the Labor party and Coalition have put domestic violence prevention funding on the national agenda, promising seperate packages this week. 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says bartending and waitressing put her in front of thousands of people, which helped her develop an excellent ‘BS detector’

What a week it’s been for women in politics (again), from emotional farewells to offensive depictions of women in the game.

The former deputy leader of the Liberal party will not contest the next election, making a quick speech and exit this afternoon.

After a decade in politics, and after serving in a number of high profile portfolios, Minister for Women Kelly O’Dwyer has officially given her final speech in Parliament.

As the US government engages in peace negotiations with the Taliban, not a single woman has been included, writes Susan Hutchinson.

It is not the first time the high-profile Councillor and Vietnamese refugee Dai Le has contested the safe Labor seat. In 2008 and 2011 she ran as a Liberal.

Raya al-Hassan has been appointed Lebanon’s interior minister, seeing her become the first woman in the Arab world to take on the portfolio.

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel has been relatively reserved when it comes to directly taking on the Trump administration’s foreign policy in speeches.

Climate change? Domestic violence? All low on the agenda once again in favour of vitriolic politics and other forms of fearmongering

For some time it’s been obvious that the federal Coalition & the Liberal Party in particular, has a significant “woman problem” but it’s not just them.

Australian women are extremely concerned about the future of the planet and this fear is impacting the likelihood of young women having children altogether.